Old Erik Jonssa in Nyland ………….

Old Erik Jonssa in Nyland and Bergsten came driving from the south up the hill along the old country road near Njurunda church. Erik Jonssa drove first, and Bergsten sat with him, while the horse walked behind with a piece of rein tied to the front cart. On the hill, Erik Jonssa's horse stopped and began backing up. Bergsten immediately jumped off, freed his horse, and led it along the road. Erik Jonssa tried to get his horse to go forward, but it was impossible. It backed up with increasing speed; the cart went off the road and crashed right down against the fence. Then it became quiet. "Did you kill yourselves?" asked Bergsten. "No, but come and help me!" Not a single strap in the harness was intact. Bergsten went to the nearest farm, borrowed a lantern, and mended the harness. "Did you take the strap?" Erik Jonssa asked when they finally continued their journey. "No, I didn't!" was the reply. "You didn't see those we met either, did you?" "No!" "That's when the mare started backing up," Erik Jonssa explained. Bergsten, however, had received a blow to the chest, from which he suffered for a long time afterward.